All of this assumes that you will work for someone else who will monetize the platform that you build. That's not how you create Google or Facebook valuations.

All of this assumes that you will work for someone else who will monetize the platform that you build. That's not how you create Google or Facebook valuations. The first rule is that you must decide by yourself what platform to build. Someone without hands-on knowledge of what exactly technology allows to build, cannot do that properly. The second rule is that you must monetize the platform by yourself. If you break these rules, you will never make serious money.